Thanks for the reference! You can also find 13 years of them in Adrian's anthology of Piss Clear.

However- they cannot be used under someone elses creative commons license as they're already covered by copywrite. We love people using them, but not claiming credit for our work documenting the lingo.

Kitoconnell- I know you're not claiming credit for our work, and please go crazy with your lexicon. It's not like there's only one way to define the words, and even the words we created to fill a need (darkwad anyone?) are now in common use. Its not like we own the words themselves. Besides, your style is more dictionary, ours is more "snark"!

I just needed to point out the legal mumbo-jumbo when we're referenced as a source.

I already have an entry written on Darkwad which is slated to go up tomorrow. If they overlap with your words I promise it's just a coincidence -- the word was suggested independently on another discussion thread, but I'll give you a tip of the hat as well. I greatly respect the work of the Piss Clear and its descendants.

There will be a bit of snark in my definitions but it's meant to be useful too, and all in one place. I'm definitely inspired a bit by the Devil's Dictionary, so I will have a lot of opinion in there too.

Kit-
Like I said in the "official" post, I wouldn't stress about it. As long as its not cut & paste (and I read some of your work- it's definitely not) we're good. I just needed to do the legal dance when I saw us referenced as a possible source.

Besides, can there ever really be too much info? And the amount of "lingo" used at the event & regionals grows every year. I'm sure you'll find words we never thought of including.

Though I did think it was funny to hear a middle aged lady yell at a car that didn't have it's lights on (in SF) "Don't be a darkwad!"

It's a camping trip in the desert, not the redemption of the fallen world - Cryptofishist

Not stressed about it at all. Thanks for sharing that great story, too! :)

There's an Internet friend I've never managed to meet in person, except that she once almost ran me over on her bike. I was headed for home base to get a headlamp as the sun set, and she almost hit me with her bike. The word 'darkwad' wasn't invented yet, to my knowledge, but I am sure that's what she'd have yelled at me if it was. We figured it out later when we both read about the incident in each other's blogs. :)

Bob: I will try to speak to the origin of words where they can be pinpointed, but how easy is it to pinpoint the very first person to say or first place that 'weekender' appeared? Or any number of other Burner words.

kitoconnell wrote:Bob: I will try to speak to the origin of words where they can be pinpointed, but how easy is it to pinpoint the very first person to say or first place that 'weekender' appeared? Or any number of other Burner words.

A lexicographer is someone who compiles a dictionary. I will certainly try to figure out the origins of a word, or explain its etymology where applicable. If you happen to know more about one of the words I post, I will certainly update any entries to include that information.

burner von braun wrote:Oh, and I heard back from our people, apparently our insurance policy does cover shirt-cunting (aka: daisyducking) I know that there is still great concern over this matter, and I think I speak for all of us in thanking our esteemed colleague from Ventura for bringing this to our attention. All I can do for now is suggest we keep a watchful eye on it.